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June 22, 2010
From Dead to Worse – Charlaine Harris
Book eight in The Southern Vampire Mysteries and the action is showing no sign of letting up. This book begins with the settling of dust (some of it vampire) from the events at the vampire summit in the city of Rhodes. Naturally, Sookie got out alive, but some of her friends weren't so lucky. To make things worse, her were-tiger boyfriend Quinn has gone missing.
Sookie does her best to get back to normal, going back to work at Merlotte's, and so on. She's still dealing with betrayal and...
June 21, 2010
Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and the Struggle – L. J. Smith
Due mainly to the ITV2 TV show, the Vampire Diaries is sooo hot right now. Given how addicted I've become to the TV show, I knew I had to read the books – it was just a matter of time.
For some unknown reason, the first two books are in one – and even then, they don't take much time to get through. The language is uncomplicated and the storyline fast paced. In The Awakening, we're introduced to Elena – the "queen" of her high school. She lives with her aunt and sister, as her parents were...
All Together Dead – Charlaine Harris
All Together Dead is book seven in The Southern Vampire Mysteries. Sookie has given up hope of ever having a normal life, particularly now as her telepathic powers are being pimped out to all and sundry. This time Sookie is off to a very important vampire summit as the employee of the queen of Louisiana, Sophie-Anne Leclerq. Her role is to make sure that during the summit, nothing kicks off. That is, she's to weed out any plots to overthrow the queen, rip her off… or worse.
Naturally, it...
June 20, 2010
Definitely Dead – Charlaine Harris
Sookie's certainly in hot water in book number six, Definitely Dead. She finds out that her cousin Hadley, a vampire, is dead. She was the lover of New Orleans' vampire queen and has left Sookie all her belongings. So Sookie must travel to the New Orleans area, to her cousin's apartment and sort through her inheritance. However, it's not that simple. Someone is trying to prevent Sookie from digging around too much in Hadley's life. What is it that they're worried she might discover?
Typically,...
June 19, 2010
Dead as a Doornail – Charlaine Harris
Dead as a Doornail is the fifth book in The Southern Vampire Mysteries. If you haven't read the other four, then don't continue reading this review because it will inevitably contain spoilers!
This novel begins dealing with the fall-out from the last one. Sookie's brother, Jason, is about to turn into a were-panther for the first time after being turned against his will. Sookie, naturally, doesn't have a problem with that as many of her friends and associates are supernatural beings. Jason's c...
June 18, 2010
Spirit Lovers – Various
Spirit Lovers is a collection of five erotic short stories based around the supernatural. The first, The Incubus Candle by Fulani is my favourite. Without giving two much away, Lauren inadvertently summons a couple of incubi, who are there to see to her every sexual need. And they certainly do that… I found this the most erotic of the stories due to the whole two-men-one-woman thing, and because the writing was so sensual. A great start to the anthology.
The other stories deal with beings...
The Greed Jar – Sommer Marsden
The Greed Jar is a contemporary story, but with a touch of the ancient myth about it. The protagonist, Alice, collects unusual items for a living. She's finally tracked down something she's been looking for for a while – The Greed Jar. Unfortunately, though, a less than savoury person has made off with it, and Alice and her assistant Jim take off to catch the thief. Trouble is, the thief has fallen under the jar's spell – which makes people insatiably greedy.
The greed isn't just for food...
Dead to the World – Charlaine Harris
Book number four in The Southern Vampire Mysteries, Dead to the World is my favourite so far. The action hots up in this novel when Sookie is driving home from work and she sees a naked vampire running by the side of the road. Most people would just drive by, but not Sookie. She stops, and the vampire she's picked up is Eric. Trouble is, he doesn't know he's Eric. He has no idea who he is, what he does, who Sookie is, or anything. His memory has been completely wiped. Luckily, he's aware...
June 17, 2010
Once Bitten – Lisette Ashton
As a fan of vampires and a fan of erotica, something combining the two is always going to be high on my to-read list. Once Bitten is no exception. I believe it's classed as a novel, but it's a fairly short novel. That's not a bad thing, the story fits well into its word count, any shorter and it'd have felt rushed, any longer and potentially it would have felt too padded out. The story is action packed from beginning to end.
It begins with Tessa having a lesbian encounter with her best...
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella – Stephenie Meyer
When I heard that The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella (phew, the title is as long as her second life!) was going to be released, I was always going to buy it. I enjoyed the Twilight Saga and Eclipse was my favourite of the four books. As it was a good while ago when I last read the books, I barely remembered who Bree Tanner was, much less her fate, so I went into this novella with a fairly open mind.
I whizzed through this book in little over an hour and really enjoyed...
